Childish Gambino: Because The Internet

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The hip-hop moniker of actor Donald Glover, Childish Gambino made his name as
rap’s nerdy guy with his debut Camp. Now he’s cementing his
image with an album about the possibilities and the distortions that a viral
world creates. “Every thought I had, put it in a box,” he raps on
Life: The Greatest Troll , capturing the essence of Twitter, while
Azealia Banks guests on the 1980s electro-themed The Oldest Computer
. Boastful one moment, self-deprecating the next, Glover turns his rapper
persona into another just another role and he’s sharp and funny with it. (Island/Universal, out